From 1990 to 2013, there was an 81% increase in deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with more women dying from CVD than men.1 Obesity, hypertension, dysglycemia and dyslipidaemia are individual as well as inter-related risk factors for CVD. When these risk factors are clustered together, they are known as the metabolic syndrome (MetS).2 MetS has clinical utilit...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been a major challenge over the past decade. This has increased mortality rate amongst indigenous people of sub-region. It is expected that this constant CVDs increase could result an eminent epidemic and lead to high regional burdens due number Low-middle income countries SSA. Despite this, there is, however low level literature r...

BACKGROUND There is an urgent global need to strengthen rehabilitation services for people with disabilities. In sub-Saharan Africa, rehabilitation services for people with communication disabilities continue to be underdeveloped. A first step in strengthening services for people with a communication disabilities is to understand the composition and conditions of the current workforce. OBJECT...

This paper analyzes the impacts of physical infrastructure and human capital on FDI inflow in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Towards this effect a panel data of 1230 observations of 41 countries from 1975 to 2004 have been analyzed using Prais-Winsten heteroskedastic panels corrected standard errors. The empirical results from this study have confirmed that the main key factors for att...

The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and endstage kidney disease (ESKD) presents a challenge for both developed and emerging countries. While dialysis and transplantation consumes an ever-increasing proportion of the health budget in countries such as the United States, Japan and Taiwan, there is limited availability of these expensive therapies in the majority of emerging countries and e...

Contextual factors such as local policies and cultural norms, as well as socioeconomic factors, play a role in women’s ability to access care and receive appropriate treatment during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum.1 This is true for all women, and particularly so for the 17 million women living with HIV globally, the vast majority of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are of repro...

Introduction The tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is projected to grow at an average rate of 5%, one of the highest rates globally (UNWTO, 2006). Despite this phenomenal projection, benefits accruing from the tourism industry have failed to translate to significant socio-economic development especially at the local levels and the involvement of local communities has been minimal (Kh...

BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is facing a double burden of disease with a rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) while the burden of communicable diseases (CDs) remains high. Despite these challenges, there remains a significant need to understand how or under what conditions health interventions implemented in sub-Saharan Africa are sustained. The purpose of this study was...

Objectives Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are burdened by significant unmet mental health needs, but this region has limited access to mental health services to address these needs. Despite the success of numerous interventions for promoting child mental health, most evidencebased programs (EBPs) are not available in SSA. This study utilizes a task-shifting strategy and trains teachers as...

Distributed irrigation systems are those in which the water access (via pump or human power), distribution (via furrow, watering can, sprinkler, drip lines, etc.), and use all occur at or near the same location. Distributed systems are typically privately owned and managed by individuals or groups, in contrast to centralized irrigation systems, which tend to be publicly operated and involve lar...